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Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AFP)

Britain cannot photoshop' its cultural landscape: Johnson

PM Johnson defends Churchill, criticises 'distortion of our history'

15 Jun 2020 9:13 AM IST

Protesters march and hold signs near the Minneapolis 1st Police precinct during a demonstration against police brutality and racism on June 13, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. AFP Photo

Farrukh Dhondy | Collective subconscious demands redress, but fair...

The Black Lives Matter movement of the US demanded an end to the powers that allow American police to discriminate...

14 Jun 2020 4:20 PM IST

A long shot of Paris. (AFP)

Protesters dislodge artwork from Paris museum to return it to Africa

The five protesters were stopped before they could leave the Quai Branly Museum with the artwork

13 Jun 2020 12:13 PM IST

A damaged Christopher Columbus statue stands in a waterfront park near the citys traditionally Italian North End neighborhood, in Boston, USA. (AP)

Not set in stone: Statues fall as Europe reexamines its past

Memorials erected in honour of historical figures have become a focus of protests around the world

12 Jun 2020 11:55 AM IST

Protesters throw a statue of slave trader Edward Colston into Bristol harbour, during a Black Lives Matter protest rally, in Bristol, England. (AP)

UK protesters take down slave trader's statue, dump it in harbour

Protesters also defaced statue of former British PM Winston Churchill, crossing out his last name and painting 'was a...

8 Jun 2020 9:35 AM IST

Mahatma Gandhi. (Image by: Margaret Bourke)

Britain considering a coin to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi

As part of a global reassessment of history triggered by the death of George Floyd, UK also seems to be re-examining...

2 Aug 2020 9:23 AM IST